Colonial_heads_of_Algeria

List of French governors of Algeria

List of French governors of Algeria

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In 1830, in the days before the outbreak of the July Revolution against the Bourbon Restoration in France, the conquest of Algeria was initiated by Charles X as an attempt to increase his popularity amongst the French people. The invasion began on 5 July 1830. Afterwards Algeria would become a territory within the French colonial empire from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems.

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Seal of the Government-General of Algeria under the Second French Empire, 1865
Seal of the Government-General of Algeria (1960s)
Chronological map of French Algeria's evolution, 1830–1962.

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

French colony of Algeria (1830–1848)

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French departments of Algeria (1848–1962)

The three Algerian departments, 1848.

Shortly after the July Monarchy of Louis Philippe I was overthrown in the Revolution of 1848, the new government of the Second Republic ended Algeria's status as a colony and declared it in the 1848 Constitution an integral part of France. Three civil departements — Alger, Oran, and Constantine — were organized under a civilian government.

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For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Algeria

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